There was once a poor woman with only one son. One day, she asked her son if there was anything he wanted. The boy said he wanted a ________ . The mother left for the market, feeling very sad, ________ she did not have enough money ________ a drum. On the way home, she ________ a piece of wood and gave ________ to her son to play with.

________ that day, the boy went outside to play. Along the road, he saw an old woman ________ . The old woman was trying to start a fire to cook some food, ________ she didn’t have any wood. Hearing this, the boy gave his piece of wood. The woman gave him a piece of bread she made.

Then, further down the road, the boy ________ a tailor’s (裁缝) wife and her crying child. The boy asked her what was wrong. The woman said she had no food to give her ________ child. The boy gave the woman the piece of ________ , and she gave him a new coat. The boy walked on.

Next the boy saw a man ________ had no shirt. The man said he had been robbed (抢劫) on his way home. The robbers had taken all things: his money, his shirt ________ his horse. the boy gave the man his new coat. The man was ________ happy that he gave the boy his horse.

Finally, on his way home, the boy met a ________ of people going to a wedding. There were musicians, the bridegroom (新郎), and his family. Everyone looked ________ . The bridegroom’s father said, “We are ________ for a horse. If it doesn’t come soon, we will be late for the wedding.” The boy gave them his ________ . The group asked the boy ________ they could give him, and he replied, “A drum.” So, the musicians gave him their drum. The boy ran home to tell his mother how he had at last gotten the drum he had wanted.

His mother thought for a while then told him that helping others is helping ________ .

Most of Tom’s neighbors were friendly. They were always ready to help each other when they were in trouble. But there was one woman who was disliked by everyone because she was always borrowing things from her neighbors but forgetting to give them back.

One morning, Tom heard a knock at his front door, and when he opened the door he found this woman outside.

“Good morning, Tom！I have to take some things to my sister in the town today, but I haven’t got a horse, as you know. Will you lend yours? I will bring it back this evening.”

“I’m sorry,” answered Tom. “If my horse was here, I would lend it to you, but it isn’t.”

“Oh?”said the woman. “It was here last night because I saw it under the tree in your garden. Where is it now?”

“My wife took it to the town early this morning,” answered Tom.

Just then the horse made a big noise.

“You’re not telling the truth, Tom!” “I can hear your horse. You should tell the truth to your neighbor.”

“Sure!” said Tom. “Is it good manners to believe a horse’s word rather than that of your own neighbor?”

The woman left without a word.

New Energy in the Twenty-first Century

Energy from wind

Wind is a kind of clean energy, and there is lots of it, but, if there’s no wind, there is no wind energy.

Energy from the water

When water from a high place to a lower place, it can make electricity (电) without pollution. However, people have to build dams (水坝) to use this energy, and building dams is very expensive.

Energy from the earth

There is heat in the rocks under the earth. Scientists use the heat to make geothermal (地热的)

energy. This kind of energy is cheap and clean, but it is only possible in a few places in the world.

Energy from the sun

Solar panels (太阳电池板) on the roofs of house can turn energy from the sun into electricity. Solar power is clean and plentiful (丰富的). When the weather is bad, it doesn’t work.

Today, roller skating (滑旱冰) is easy and fun. But many years ago, it wasn’t easy at all. Before 1750, people never tried skating on wheels. That changed because of a man named Hoseph Merlin. Merlin’s work was making instruments. In his free time he liked to play the violin. Merlin was a man with many ideas and many dreams. People called him a dreamer.

One day Merlin received an invitation to go to an important party. He was very pleased and a little excited. As the day of the party came near, Merlin began to think. He wanted to find a way to make a wonderful entrance at the party. Merlin had an idea. He thought that he would attract a lot of attention if he could skate into the room.

Merlin tried different ways to make himself roll. Finally, he decided to put two wheels under each shoe. These were the first roller skate shoes. Merlin was very proud of them. He dreamed of arriving at the party and skating into the room while playing the violin. He was sure that everyone would be very surprised.

On the night of the party Merlin rolled into the room, playing his violin. Everyone was really surprised to see him. There was just one problem. Merlin had no way to stop his roller skating. He rolled on, playing the violin. Then, with all eyes on him, Merlin hit into a huge mirror on the wall. The mirror broke into many pieces with a very loud noise. But nobody forgot Merlin’s wonderful entrance after that.

Tourism (旅游业) today is much more important than before. In the past, only people with lots of money could travel on holidays to other countries. More people travel today than in the past because there is a growing middle class in many parts of the world; that is to say, people now have more money for travel. Special plane fares (特价机票) for tourists make travel less expensive and more attractive (吸引人) than ever before. One person doesn’t travel for the same reason as another. But most people enjoy seeing countries that are different from their own. They also like to meet new people and to taste new food.

Tourism causes many changes in a country and in people’s lives. People build new hotels and restaurants and train in the natives as guides to show visitors around places of interest. There’re new night clubs and other activities. International tourism is clearly a big business.

Dangal 《摔跤吧，爸爸》 is a big sports film from India. The movie is based on a true story. A non-professional wrestler（非专业摔跤手）from India
61． to win a gold medal for his country.

He couldn’t take part in an international competition without government support, instead he became an officer. But he turned two of his
62． into wrestlers.

At first, both the sisters showed no interest in wresting. They even began to try different ways to get out of it. But once they realized that
63． father wanted them to have more chances in life, they became very interested in it,
64． trained very hard. At last, after many failures the sisters got
65．.

I’m Zhao Wei. I am an junior student. I’d like to become one of your volunteer. I have learned English for 6 years. I spend a lot of my free time listen to English news and watching English movies, but I’m good at English. That is to say, it’s not difficult for me talk with people in English.

I have been interested on science since I was a child. My favorite books are about science. I often have new ideas which have encourage me a lot.

Besides, I like that making friends with different people, no matter where they come from.

I’m sure that I will get along well with it.

I would be very thankful unless you could give me the chance.

Thank you!

保持一份好心情（keep in a good mood）有利于身体健康，也有助于学习。假如你是周川，你朋友李玲近来心情一直不佳，请你用英语写一封信，建议她如何保持一份好心情。

I heard you were in a bad mood. How is it going recently? As we know, keeping in a good mood is good for health and study. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________